When I was first starting to write poetry in my early 20s, I didn’t really understand much about it. I hadn’t been an English major in college, nor had I read much American poetry. So I felt simultaneously thrilled, destabilized, and confused...

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Who one becomes, how one loves, how one parents, and what one believes about the world are all shaped by the experience of a parent's early death. For anyone who has survived the early loss of a parent--as well as for those with a spouse, friend, or lover who has lost a parent in childhood--this moving and powerful book is an important guide to discovery and understanding. Written by a clinical psychologist who has penned three other books.

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"Beautifully written and informative. Harris' eloquence is exceeded only by the compassion and insight she brings to this perplexing and formative experience."Vamik D. Volkan, Univ. of Virginia.